Door-hanger.



No 844,467. PATENTED-PEBi 19, 1907. T.G.PROUTY. DOOR HANGER. APPLICATIONFILED MAR. 26, 1906.

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1N0.844,467. PAT'ENTED PEB.19,1907.

' T.G.PROUTY.

' DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1906.

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THEODORE O. PROUTY, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WILOOX MAN-UFACTURING COMPANY, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

DOOR-HANGER.

PatentedFeb. 19, 1907.

It has for its leading objects to provide improved means for effectingan adjustment of parts whereby the door carried by the hanger may bereadily raised and lowered.

It is further the object of my invention to improve door-hangers of thisclass in various details of construction.

I accomplish these stated objects by the parts and combinations of partshereinafter specifically described. D

That which I believe to be new will be pointed out in the claims.

- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of'thelower portion of my improved hanger. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thecomplete device, a portion of the lower part of the hanger being brokenaway. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the plate to which the wheel-frameis attached. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the plate that is attachedto t e top of a door.

Referring to the several figures of the drawings, in which correspondingparts are indicated by the same reference-numerals, 10 indicates adoorplate adapted to be attached by screws to the upper edge of a door,As shown, the edge portion of this plate is turned down to form a flange11, which rests against the top of the door, leaving a space between thebody portion of the plate 10 and the door, thus afiording room for thelocation of a notched wheel 12, which is pivotally attached to the plate10 at a point approximately the center of such plate. Upon the upper endof the pivot of this toothed wheel 12 is attached a disk 13, upon theface of which is formed a spiral 14.

As indicated at 15, the plate 10 is cut away at each side suflicientlyto permit a portion I that a person can readily turn such wheel,

and with it the disk 13 and spiral 14, carried thereby.

16 indicates attaching-blocks raised slightly above the upper face ofthe plate 10, and in the construction shown such blocks are formedintegral with the plate by suitably cutting such plate and forcing theportion 16 outward. One block 16 is provided near each end of the plate10, they being in line with each other and at the longitudinal center ofsaid plate.

17 17 indicate a frame adapted to be removably attached to the upperface of the door-plate 10, such frame when so attached to the platestanding at right angles thereto. The two bars 17 17,that form thisframe, are similar in construction and are spaced and held a distanceapart just suflicient to receive between them without binding a plate18, hereinafter described. Each bar 17 at its ends is extended laterallyand then inwardly to form slides 19 to fit under the projecting sideedges of the blocks 16 on the plate 10, whereby the frame 17 17 isfirmly connected with said plate 10, but can easily be removedtherefrom. This frame is provided with a pivoted dog 20 at one end,adapted to drop into a suitable hole 21 when the said frame is in properposition on the plate 10, so as to prevent accidental movement of theframe on the plate. At the opposite end the plate 10 is provided with astop or stops 22, against which the said frame abuts when it has beenmoved to proper position on the plate to allow the dog 20 to drop bygravity into its opening 21.

23 indicates a pinion adapted to turn freely on a suitable pivot, suchas the rivet 24, that passes through the side bars 17 17, thatconstitute the frame described. This rivet 24 and other rivets, such asthe two shown and indicated by 25, hold the two parts of the frame 17together in proper position.

The pinion 23 referred to is so located and is of such size as toproject slightly below the edge of the frame 17 17 and when the saidframe is in proper position on the plate 10 will be engaged by thespiral 14.

The plate 18, before referred to, that is located between the two sidebars of the frame of the edge of the wheel 12 to be exposed, so 17 17has its lower edge cut away, as clearly of the said pinion 23. Atopposite ends of the plate 18 are formed inclined slots 27,

parallel with each other and parallel with the inclined rack-bar'26,through which slots the rivets 25 before mentioned pass.

28 indicates a wheel-carrying frame adapted to be attached at its lowerend to the plate 18 by rivets, as shown or otherwise, and being providedat its upper end with a hub portion 29. The frame 28 is suitably shapedso that its lower end extends beneath the rail or track, as is common indevices of this kind, so that the door that is carried by the hangerwill be directly beneath the rail or track.

A track-rail is shown and indicated by'30. Such track may be of anydesired construction and supported by brackets of any approved pattern.

In use there will be attached to the top edge of a door ordinarily twoof the plates 10, one near each edge of the door, and with the partsassembled as described and the hanger provided with a wheel running onan overhead track the door can be adjusted up or down, as required, bymoving the wheel 12 such movement, of course, turning also the spiral14, that is formed with or connected to t e disk 13, that is attached tothe pivot of such wheel 12. This spiral, as before stated, acts upon theteeth of the pinion 23, and such pinion is therefore turned with theturning of the wheel 12, and meshing, as it does, with the inclined rack26, formed on the, plate 18, will cause the frame 17 17 to move up ordown on the hanger-plate 18, the limit and direction of movement beingcontrolled by the inclined slots 27, in which the rivets 25, secured tosuch frame, pass, as will be well understood by those familiar with theart. The move- 1116111? of this frame 17 17 of course moves the plate10, to which it is attached, and the door secured thereto. It has beencommon to provide forthe adjustment of such a door by means of a screwarranged at an incline at one end of the door-plate, and in such casesit has been necessary to provide an extra pocket in the wall for thefront end of the door to be run into in order to bring the door intoosition where this adjusting-screw coul be turned. My constructionrenders it unnecessary to provide any such extra pocket, for by locatingthe o crating mechanism 'be tween the ends of tiie plate it'is evidentthat such operating mechanism can be easily manipulated Without havingto run the forward end of the door into any such pocket. The door can bevery readily removed from posi tion without having to take the wheelfrom the track by simply lifting the dog 20 to free its end from thehole 21 and pulling the slides 19 out of engagement with the blocks 16,and

can be as readily replaced. In' placing the door in position or inremoving it the disen gagement of the spiral 14 from the pinion 23 isreadily accomplished, as a very slight relative movement of the plate 10and frame 17 17 causes the said pinion 23 to turn slightly on its axis,and thereby pass the spiral.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a door-hanger, the combination of two members movably connected toeach "other, one of said members having a rack, a

pinion rotatably mounted on the other of said members, said pinion beingadapted to engage said rack, and means for connecting said two memberswith a wheel and a door, respectively. 2. In a door-hanger, thecombination with a wheel-frame and a device adapted to be attached to adoor, of two members interposed between said parts, said members beingmovably connected to each other and each connected to one of saidfirst-mentioned parts, one of said interposed members being providedwith a rack and a pinion rotatably mounted in the other of said membersin position to mesh with said rack, substantially as described.

3. In a door-hanger, the combination with a wheel-frame and a plateadapted to be attached to the top of a door, of twomembers interposedbetween said wheel-frame and plate, one of said members being connectedto the wheel-frame and the other to the plate and being movablyconnected to each other, one of saidmembers having a rack, and arotatable pinion on the other member meshing with said rack,substantially as described.

4. In a door-hanger, the combination with a wheel-frame and a plateadapted to be attached to the top of a door, of two members interposedbetween said wheel-frame and plate, one of said members being connectedto the wheel-frame and the other to the plate and being movablyconnected to each other,

one of said members having a rack, a rotatable pinion on the othermember meshing with said rack, and a rotatable spiral carried by saidplate and adapted to engage the teeth of said pinion, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a door-hanger, the combination with a wheel-frame and a plateadapted to be attached to a door, of twomembers interposed between saidwheel-frame and plate, one of said members being connected with thewheel-frame and the other with the plate, and being movably connectedwith each other, one of said members having a rack, a rotatable pinionon the other member meshing with said rack, a spiral pivotally attachedto the upper face of said plate and adapted to engage the teeth of thepinion, and an operating device beneath said plate affixed to the pivotof said spiral, substantially as described.

6. In a door-hanger, the combination with a plate adapted to be attachedto the top of a door, of a wheel-frame, a hanger-plate carried by saidwheel-frame and provided with a rack, means for movably connecting saidplates-together, a pinion meshing with said rack, and means for turningsaid pinion, substantially as described.

7. In a door-hanger, the combination with a wheel-frame of a plateattached to the lower end of said wheel-frame and provided with a rackportion, another frame movably connected with said plate, a pinioncarried by said last-named frame and meshing with said rack, a plateadapted to be attached to the upper edge of a door, means for connectingsaid last-named frame and door-plate together, and means carried by saiddoor-plate for rotating said pinion, substantially as described' 8. In adoor-hanger, the combination with a wheel-frame of a plate attached tothe lower end of said wheel-frame and providedwith a rack portion,another frame movably connected with said plate, a pinion carried bysaid last-namedframe and meshing with said rack, a plate adapted to beattached to the upper, edge of a door, means for connecting saidlast-named frame and door-plate together, a rotatable disk on saiddoorplate, and means carried by said disk adapted to engage the teeth ofthe pinion to cause said pinion to turn on its axis when said disk isrotated, substantially as described.

9. In a door-hanger, the combination with a wheel-frame of a plateattached to the lower end of said wheel-frame and provided with a rackportion, another frame movably connected with said plate, a pinioncarried by said last-named frame and meshing with said rack, a plateadapted to be attached to the upper edge of a door, means for connectingsaid last-named frame and door-plate together, and a rotatable spiral onsaid doorplate adapted to engage the teeth of the pinion to cause saidpinion to turn on its axis when said spiral is rotated, substantially asdescribed. I

10. In a door-hanger, the combination with a wheel-frame and ahanger-plate secured to the lower end thereof, of a second frame movablysecured to said hangenplate by means of a rivet secured in one of saidparts and passing through an inclined slot in the other part, andprovided with an inclined rack parallel with said slot, a pinionjournaled to said second frame and meshing with said rack, means forconnecting said second frame to a door, and means for rotating saidpinion, substantially as described.

THEODORE C. PROUTY.

Witnesses: a

A. M. SooTT, L. R. SIMPSON.

